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Nostalgia Review: Cheaper By the Dozen

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The Ninja Librarian seems to be suffering a bit from summer distraction, and somehow Monday came and went without a post. This one will have to do for Monday and Wednesday, because we also have been falling behind in our reading. Not that the book needs a review, particularly, but it was kind of fun. Title: Cheaper By the Dozen Author: Frank Gilbreth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey; read by Dana Ivey Publisher: Random House Listening Library, 1994; originally by Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948 (237 pages).  I liked the 1948 cover, so here it is:  Source: Library digital resources Publisher's Summary (this is the blurb in the library catalog for the audio edition): No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First, there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. And there's Mother, his partner in ever